Word: blood
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...over 1 million smaller numbers; that every one of the 1 million service members who have fought in Iraq has his or her own personal numbers. Over 1 million 8's and 3's. When you are evaluating the price of the war, weighing potential rewards versus cost in blood and treasure, I would ask you to consider what is worth the lives of three of your loved ones? Or eight? Or more? It would be a tragedy for my 8 and 3 to have died without us being able to complete our mission, but it maybe even more tragic...
...days following a C-section, a woman will be at an elevated risk of potentially fatal blood clots or infections. This is common to all major surgery, but means that more women die as a result of cesarean section than in natural childbirth. The U.S. figure of 12.1 maternal deaths per 100,000 births in 2003 becomes 36 if only cesareans are considered - and the difference, according to Obstetrics and Gynecology, is "attributable to the surgery itself, not any complications that might have led to the need for surgery...
...triathlon more effectively, for example, by nailing his swim technique than by working on the sprint finish. For now, Venter is already planning his next project: a start-up firm that could give customers sophisticated genetic information about not just sports performance but also weight regulation and blood-sugar levels. Eventually, he hopes, it will offer new insights into the fight against obesity. Now that sounds more like pathologists' work...
...first chance this weekend when it hosts Brown at Jordan Field. “Well its an Ivy-league game,” Miller said. “So you can throw out all the scouting reports and bet it’s going to be a blood-bath,” -Staff Writer Alison Schumer can be ++reached at schumer@fas.harvard.edu
...specter of economic turbulence, weigh heavily against the Chinese leadership opting for the sort of brutal crackdown that ended the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The enraged citizenry of Western nations would likely make their own governments' support for the Olympics untenable if China's streets were drenched in blood...